MSNBC's Ed Schultz mad at Brian Stelter

11/13/12 6:01 PM EST

MSNBC host Ed Schultz ripped New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter today for suggesting that the network may drop his show, criticizing the Times reporter for not reaching out for comment.

In a larger story about MSNBC published Sunday, Stelter reported that "several MSNBC employees ... said the most likely candidate for a new show was the Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein. ... Mr. Klein may start with a weekend time slot, but these people said the 8 p.m. weekday time slot held by Mr. Schultz was also a possibility."

Sources have also told POLITICO that Klein may get his own show, and most say he will take Schultz's 8 p.m. block. Lauren Skowronski, an MSNBC spokesperson, said "there are no changes planned."

But on his radio program today, Schultz said Stelter's "nose as a reporter doesn’t sniff very well."

"Here’s the first thing I want to say: Brian Stelter, is that his name? Yeah, S-T-E-L-T-E-R. He’s never talked to me. And if he were to talk to me, I would tell him that I have overperformed in my time period for the third quarter and on my way to do that in the fourth quarter of this year, which puts me in bonus territory," Schultz said. "You know, money? I mean, that’s how well we’re doing at 8 o’clock. And so I have never interviewed with the guy, he’s never called me or asked me anything."

"No changes planned! So I guess I’m on tonight?! I assume I’m on the rest of the week?!" he continued. "I assume that I’m on for as long as I can get you to watch! And this, in a sense, means that I guess I’ve arrived! And it also means that, you know, if somebody is telling Stelter that I’m going to be replaced, we know that his nose as a reporter doesn’t sniff very well because he never called me and I’m probably one of the most accessible guys in the media!"

Reached for comment, Stelter said he would "let the story speak for itself."